An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c36.29

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The mixed economy of the Jorwe people was based on farming, hunting and fishing. They raised a number of crops such as wheat, barley, rice and lentil [2]. The estimates for the population and food requirements lead us to believe that the farmers must have cultivated the Black Cotton Soil [9.1] which abound in the region. The most important cereal is barley which has also been found in Pd I. But wheat appears in Pd II probably because of the facility of irrigation made available by the diversionary channel. Rice was cultivated possibly in small, carefully tended plots as is done today.